Book Design
Greenleaf Launches RateMyBookCover.com: How Do You Measure Up?
Greenleaf Team - Jul 13, 2008By Aaron Hierholzer Let’s be honest: there are some atrocious book covers out there. The really bad part is that often the creator of the cover is utterly blind to its faults. Like proverbial faces beloved only of mothers, these covers make their designers’ hearts swell—at the same time More
Book Tech: The Best of 2007
Greenleaf Team - Jun 22, 2008By Aaron Hierholzer 2007 was fun, wasn’t it? Between Judith Regan, O.J. Simpson, Amazon’s Kindle, the AMS bankruptcy, and James Frey vs. Oprah redux, there was plenty of shock, titillation, and Schadenfreude to go around. (We’re pointedly excluding a certain boy wizard. Months later, we’re still fatigued.) But More
Being Green Isn’t So Hard
Greenleaf Team - Jun 15, 2008By Alan Grimes Conservation is humanity caring for the future. –Nancy Newhall, US photography critic According to some estimates, 20 to 30 million trees are harvested each year for paper and paper products, and the US publishing industry is one of the biggest culprits. On average, only about More
The Cover by Which You Judge the Book
Rick Frishman - Jan 04, 2008When the copyedits are agreed upon, the book design process begins. Book design primarily involves two distinct elements: the cover design and the interior design. Publishers frequently have several alternative covers designed, which they test market. Among those they consult are large booksellers, mainly retail chains. Cover design is critical More
CHINA: Portrait of a People:
I think RateMyCover is more of a promotional method for Greenleaf and... Read Entire Comment
Coverdesigner:
This just doesn’t work. Some of those covers were so bad they weren’t... Read Entire Comment
chabuhi:
RateMyCover is HORRIBLE - the voting system can be gamed big time. I threw together a... Read Entire Comment
Cover That Book!
Posted 12 months agoThe most difficult part of book cover design may be the spine. Books with fewer than 60 pages are too thin to support a spine, and tend to be saddle-stitched. ... [Link]
Bestseller Ideas
In this week’s interview, Dean Rotbart and Michael Drew discuss the likelihood of a book idea becoming a publishing success. In their discussion, they reveal how to identify whether More
The Lessons of Harry Potter: A Beneath the Cover Podcast
Michael R. Drew discusses what all authors - even those writing non-fiction - can learn from the phenomenal success of the Harry Potter Series. More
